Iron Armor

Iron Armor

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	2 () 6 () 5 () 2 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	Java Edition: 165 240 225 195 Bedrock Edition: 166 241 226 196
Enchantability	9
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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Iron armor is a type of armor made from iron ingots. It is the third strongest armor, between diamond and chainmail.

List of items

• Iron Helmet
• Iron Chestplate
• Iron Leggings
• Iron Boots

Obtaining

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Iron Helmet	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.9% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1189215578748346, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Armorer's chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Armorer's chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Helmet	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Iron Chestplate	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Iron Leggings	Abandoned Camp	Secret chest	1	12.5% { "item": "Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Secret chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.9% { "item": "Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1189215578748346, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Leggings	Ancient City	Chest	1	23.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.23725332720231262, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Iron Boots	Abandoned Camp	Secret chest	1	12.5% { "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Secret chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.9% { "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1189215578748346, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Boots	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Iron Helmet	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.5% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11541180293889097, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Armorer's chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Armorer's chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Helmet	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Iron Chestplate	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Iron Leggings	Abandoned Camp	Secret chest	1	12.5% { "item": "Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Secret chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.5% { "item": "Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11541180293889097, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Leggings	Ancient City	Chest	1	23.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.23725332720231262, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Iron Boots	Abandoned Camp	Secret chest	1	12.5% { "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Secret chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.5% { "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11541180293889097, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	22.9% { "item": "Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Boots	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }

Natural generation

Two armor stands are found in each taiga village outdoor armory, one equipped with an iron helmet, the other with an iron chestplate.

Bartering

Piglins have about a 1.7% chance to barter iron boots enchanted with a random level of Soul Speed when given a gold ingot.

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a chance to spawn with armor on Normal and Hard difficulty, with a 1.10% chance of it being iron armor. If killed by a player, there is an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the armor they're wearing upon death. The dropped armor has a random durability and retains any enchantments it has.

In Bedrock Edition, pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids have a small chance to drop an iron helmet, iron chestplate, iron leggings, or iron boots, in a badly damaged state, with a possibility of having a random enchantment.

Trading

Iron armor can be bought from armorers.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Armorer	Novice	40%	25%	5 × Emerald	Iron Helmet	12	1	0.2
		40%	25%	9 × Emerald	Iron Chestplate	12	1	0.2
		40%	25%	7 × Emerald	Iron Leggings	12	1	0.2
		40%	25%	4 × Emerald	Iron Boots	12	1	0.2

Usage

Wearing iron armor reduces damage taken from most damage types.

Statistics

When a full set of iron armor is worn, the set provides 15 ( × 7.5) armor points.

Type	Armor	Armor toughness	Knockback resistance	Durability	Enchantability
Full Set	15 ( × 7.5)	0 ()	0	N/A	N/A
Iron Helmet	2 ()	0 ()	0	165	9
Iron Chestplate	6 ()	0 ()	0	240	9
Iron Leggings	5 ()	0 ()	0	225	9
Iron Boots	2 ()	0 ()	0	195	9

Damage reduction

Wearing armor reduces incoming damage according to two values: armor, and armor toughness. Each piece of armor provides a given armor and armor toughness value, and the values from each armor piece are added together when calculating damage reduction.

The strength of incoming damage also determines the damage reduction of worn armor, as armor does not protect in a linear fashion.

Iron armor
	Minimum	25%	50%	75%	Maximum
Damage reduction	12%	24%	36%	48%	60%
Incoming damage	24HP × 12	18HP × 9	12HP × 6	6HP	0HP

Equipping

Players can equip iron armor by placing it in their inventory, using the item, or via a dispenser. When equipped, the armor is rendered. Some other humanoids can also render the armor, pick it up, equip it, and be equipped via a dispenser; see the table below.

Entity	Render the armor	Dispenser	Can pick up and equip
Player	Yes	Yes	-
Armor Stand	Yes	Yes	-
Mannequin‌[JE only]	Yes	Yes	-
Piglin	Yes, baby model if is baby	Yes	If they are without armor or have a non-golden worse armor
Piglin Brute	Yes	Yes	No
Bogged Parched Skeleton Stray Wither Skeleton	Yes	If they can pick up item	If they can pick up item and they are without armor or have worse armor
Drowned Husk Zombie Zombified Piglin Zombie Villager	Yes, baby model if is baby	If they can pick up item	If they can pick up item and they are without armor or have worse armor
Giant‌[JE only]	Yes	Only if the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag is true	Only if the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag is true, and they are without armor or have worse armor
Villager	No	Yes	No
Pillager	No	Yes	No

In Java Edition, with the exception of the allay, dolphin, fox, panda, and sulfur cube, all other mobs with the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag true (1b) can equip armor from a dispenser (except happy ghast), and pick up and equip if are without armor or have worse armor (except ender dragon). All living entities can equip armor using commands, like /item or /data.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget	Any iron armor + Any fuel	0.1

Repairing

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Iron Helmet or  Damaged Iron Chestplate or  Damaged Iron Leggings or  Damaged Iron Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
Damaged Iron Helmet or  Damaged Iron Chestplate or  Damaged Iron Leggings or  Damaged Iron Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Iron Helmet	Damaged Iron Helmet + Iron Ingot	Iron Helmet
Iron Chestplate	Damaged Iron Chestplate + Iron Ingot	Iron Chestplate
Iron Leggings	Damaged Iron Leggings + Iron Ingot	Iron Leggings
Iron Boots	Damaged Iron Boots + Iron Ingot	Iron Boots

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Iron armor clanks	Players	When a piece of iron armor is equipped	item.armor.equip_iron	subtitles.item.armor.equip_iron​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a piece of armor's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8–1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Iron armor clanks	Players	When a piece of iron armor is equipped	armor.equip_iron	subtitles.item.armor.equip_iron​	1.0	1.0
	​​Item breaks	Players	When a piece of armor's durability is exhausted	random.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Iron Helmet	iron_helmet	Item	None	item.minecraft.iron_helmet
Iron Chestplate	iron_chestplate	Item	None	item.minecraft.iron_chestplate
Iron Leggings	iron_leggings	Item	None	item.minecraft.iron_leggings
Iron Boots	iron_boots	Item	None	item.minecraft.iron_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Iron Helmet	iron_helmet	343	Item	item.iron_helmet.name
Iron Chestplate	iron_chestplate	344	Item	item.iron_chestplate.name
Iron Leggings	iron_leggings	345	Item	item.iron_leggings.name
Iron Boots	iron_boots	346	Item	item.iron_boots.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Iron Man	Wear a full suit of Iron Armor.	—	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Suit Up	Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor	Have any type of iron armor in the inventory.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091231-2147				Added items of iron armor.
20100218-0011							Added iron armor models.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Iron armor can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.1			12w01a				Iron armor can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.2.1			12w06a				Zombies now drop iron helmets on rare occasions.
1.3.1			12w21a				Blacksmith villagers now sell iron boots for 4–5 emeralds, iron leggings for 8–9 emeralds, iron chestplates for 10–13 emeralds and iron helmets for 4–5 emeralds.
1.8			14w02a				Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell iron chestplates for 10–14 emeralds and iron helmets for 4–6 emeralds, and no longer sell other iron armor.
1.9			15w31a				Enchanted iron armor can now be found in end city chests.
1.11.1			16w50a				Iron armor can now be smelted down into an iron nugget.
1.13			17w47a				As part of The Flattening, the numeric ID of iron helmet (306), iron chestplate (307), iron leggings (308), and iron boots (309) have been removed.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of iron armor have been changed.
			18w50a				Armor stands equipped with iron armor now generate in updated taiga villages.
			19w11a				Armorer villagers can now sell all 4 pieces of iron armor.
1.19			22w13a				Iron leggings may now be found in ancient city chests.
26.1			snap7				Added specific textures and models for when the armor is worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added iron armor.
v0.9.0			build 1				Iron armor now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Enchanted iron armor can now be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Iron helmets and iron chestplates are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Iron armor can now be smelted down into iron nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of iron armor have been changed.
							Iron armor now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Iron armor now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
							Iron helmets can now be found in village armorer chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron armor.
							Iron leggings and iron boots are now sold by armorer villagers.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				Added specific textures and models for when the armor is worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added iron armor.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Armorer villagers now sell iron chestplates for 10–14 emeralds and iron helmets for 4–6 emeralds, and no longer sell other iron armor.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Enchanted iron armor can now be found in end city chests.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron armor can now be smelted down into iron nuggets.
			1.90				The textures of iron armor have been changed.
			1.91				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron armor.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added iron armor.

Issues

Issues relating to "Iron Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Steve wearing iron armor
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  Alex wearing iron armor

Screenshots

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  Noor in amethyst trimmed iron armor
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  Sunny wearing iron armor in a trial chamber
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  An ominous trail using iron armor

In other media

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  Alex wearing the silence trim on iron armor
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  Flippin' Fig of Steve in iron armor
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  A display of iron armor in 15 Year Journey